About NIA

Est. 2009 · Independent Research · Inflation.us

National Inflation
Association

“We go where others aren’t looking and let the results speak for themselves.” Founded by Gerard Adams · Over 15 years of independent financial research
2009 Year Founded
100+ Top Stock Picks
26,689% Best Single Gain
25 Picks Over 1,000%
100% Independent

Our Mission

The National Inflation Association was founded in early 2009, at the peak of the global financial crisis, with a simple but vital mission: to raise awareness about the dangers of inflation and help individuals protect their wealth through sound money principles, independent research, and the identification of high-potential opportunities that Wall Street ignores.

We are 100% independent with no ties to major banks, no institutional conflicts, and no agenda beyond finding the next great opportunity before the crowd does. When gold exploration stocks were trading at 2008 financial crisis valuations in early 2026, we said so loudly. When Michael Saylor was buying Bitcoin above $100,000, we warned our members. When a graphene bubble stock hit a $2.3 billion market cap on $6,000 in revenue, we called it out while pointing to a better alternative trading at a fraction of the price.

“Most investors are chasing metals already in crisis while ignoring the ones essential to modern defense and still completely out of favor. That gap between narrative and reality is exactly where we operate.”

The Management Team That Never Misses

One of NIA’s most defining edges has been our early identification of billionaire Richard Warke’s Augusta Group companies, long before the broader market recognized their value. Warke is a part-owner of Fenway Sports Group (which owns the Boston Red Sox and Liverpool FC) and a part-owner of the PGA Tour. His track record of creating and selling mining companies is unmatched in the industry.

Arizona Mining (TSX: AZ) — Originally Known as Wildcat Silver — Suggested November 2014 at $0.37 NIA’s #1 Overall Stock Suggestion for 2015. The company was called Wildcat Silver at the time of our original alert, before being renamed Arizona Mining. Acquired by South32 in 2018 for $6.20 per share ($2.1 billion in cash) for a gain of +1,576%. NIA identified the opportunity more than three years before the acquisition. NIA's original Wildcat Silver alert from late 2014, our number one stock suggestion for 2015 Click to view NIA’s original Wildcat Silver alert in full size
Augusta Gold (TSX: G) — Suggested April 2022 at $1.23 Acquired by AngloGold Ashanti in July 2025 for $1.70 per share in cash for a gain of +38.21% from NIA’s suggestion price. The same management team that delivered Arizona Mining’s 1,576% gain and $2.1 billion exit executed again.
How NIA Called the Acquisition Days Before It Happened
July 10, 2025 — NIA Alert “Interestingly, AngloGold Ashanti (AU) is freeing up cash by dumping all their G2 Goldfields (TSX: GTWO) shares for a huge profit. Augusta Gold (TSX: G)’s Reward is fully permitted, and they are getting ready to beat AU into production in the Beatty Gold District.”
July 11, 2025 — NIA Alert: “Is AngloGold Ashanti (AU) Preparing to Bid for Augusta Gold (TSX: G)?” “Whether or not AngloGold Ashanti (AU) is freeing up cash by selling its GTWO shares to make a bid for G we will see. Our gut feeling is… yes.”
July 16, 2025 — Five Days Later AngloGold Ashanti (NYSE: AU) announces its definitive agreement to acquire Augusta Gold at $1.70 per share in cash.
Highlander Silver (TSX: HSLV) — Suggested February 2025 at $1.40 NIA’s top silver pick hit a new all-time high of $10.50 per share on March 2, 2026 for a gain of +650% in approximately 13 months, making it one of the largest gainers in NIA’s history. HSLV owns the San Luis Project in Peru, one of the highest-grade gold/silver projects in the world. Backed by the same Richard Warke team.
Titan Mining (TSX: TI) — Suggested April 2025 at $0.84 (split-adjusted) Hit a new all-time high of $7.75 per share on January 21, 2026 for a gain of +822%. Titan has received U.S. government funding and signed a deal to supply U.S. Army bases with graphite, becoming America’s only domestic producer of flake graphite for EVs and defense applications. Also an Augusta Group company.
The Pattern: NIA identified Arizona Mining in 2014, Augusta Gold in 2022, Highlander Silver in 2025, and Titan Mining in 2025; all from the same management team, all before their defining moves. This is not coincidence. It is a disciplined process of following the people who execute, not the narratives that sell.

A Track Record Built Pick by Pick

Our top 100 suggestions span every major market cycle since 2009: from Bitcoin and Ethereum before they were household names, to junior mining discoveries, to defense technology plays, to semiconductor pick-and-shovel companies. These are a few examples that define our approach.

+3,255% DroneShield (ASX: DRO) Suggested April 2022 at AUD$0.20. Called “the next mega bubble stock” before the defense drone boom.
+1,576% Arizona Mining (TSX: AZ) Originally Wildcat Silver. Suggested November 2014 at $0.37. Acquired by South32 for $2.1 billion in cash.
+871% One Stop Systems (OSS) Rugged AI server company serving the U.S. military and defense sector. Identified before the AI infrastructure boom.
+613% Trio-Tech International (TRT) Semiconductor testing company serving AMD, Infineon, and NXP. Suggested at $3.00 (split-adjusted).
+654% GLD March 2024 $192 Calls Backed by six data-driven charts. NIA stood alone forecasting gold’s March 2024 breakout.
+650% Highlander Silver (TSX: HSLV) Suggested Feb 12, 2025 at $1.40. Hit all-time high of $10.50 and now one of NIA’s all-time greatest gainers.

See our complete Top 100 track record with peak gains, calendar days, and gain efficiency data. All verifiable, all documented before the move.

What We Cover

NIA’s research spans far beyond traditional gold and silver commentary. Our top 50 most-read articles in the past year covered opportunities across every sector where we identified a meaningful gap between value and price.

Gold and Silver Exploration Junior miners, royalties, M&A targets
Critical Minerals Antimony, rare earths, nickel, titanium, copper
Defense Technology Rugged AI, counter-drone, autonomous systems
Semiconductor Pick-and-Shovel Testing, equipment, edge computing
Crypto and Sound Money Bitcoin and Ethereum… before the crowd
Options Strategies High-conviction short-term calls
Macro and Monetary Policy Yield curves, M2, gold indicators
Sports Franchises Celtic plc (an undervalued global brand)

In March 2026, when gold exploration stocks were trading at 2008 financial crisis valuations (most below $30 per oz of gold resources), NIA published what it called its most important chart in years. Within months, several of those picks had doubled or tripled. We identified the same disconnect in nickel sulphide, antimony, titanium-vanadium, and natural hydrogen before those narratives became mainstream.

We are not perma-bulls or perma-bears. When Michael Saylor was buying Bitcoin above $100,000, we warned our members. When a graphene bubble stock hit a market cap of $2.3 billion on $6,000 in revenue, we called it a fraud. When Earthlabs was trading at a 53% discount to its own cash and equity holdings, we called it one of the safest setups we had ever seen.

About Our Founder

NIA was founded by Gerard Adams in 2009. Before founding NIA, he had already begun building what would become a remarkable track record in both media entrepreneurship and independent financial analysis.

In 2012, Gerard co-founded Elite Daily, an online media platform that by capitalizing on the Facebook algorithm became the #1 most-visited media website for millennials. He owned 30% of the company and sold it to the Daily Mail in 2015 for $50 million in cash.

Gerard also founded Leaders Create Leaders, a YouTube series interviewing some of the world’s most recognized entrepreneurs and influencers, including Gary Vee, Grant Cardone, Mel Robbins, Jay Shetty, Tom Bilyeu, Ed Mylett, Lewis Howes, Ryan Holiday, Patrick Bet-David, and Jake Paul, among dozens of others.

NIA Founder Gerard Adams with Grant Cardone, Patrick Bet-David, Jake Paul, and Jay Shetty NIA Founder Gerard Adams with Grant Cardone, Patrick Bet-David, Jake Paul, and Jay Shetty — a few of the entrepreneurs interviewed for Leaders Create Leaders

Prior to those ventures, he produced a series of economic documentaries for NIA that collectively received tens of millions of views, including College Conspiracy, Meltup, Hyperinflation Nation, The Dollar Bubble, and Debt Slave. These videos helped introduce millions of Americans to the dangers of fiat currency debasement and the case for hard assets.

Gerard also founded Fownders, a startup accelerator in Newark, NJ focused on helping inner-city entrepreneurs launch and scale businesses. His business partner was Tony Delgado, who has since built Latino Wall Street into one of the fastest-growing financial education organizations in America, earning the title “King of Puerto Rico” from President Trump.

“The easiest place to make money is to go where the hate is. Nickel sulphide is the most hated segment of the resource sector right now and that is precisely why it interests us.” (NIA, echoing Rick Rule, December 2025)

The Big Picture: Where We Are Now

We believe we are in the early innings of a major secular bull market for real assets, natural resources, and critical minerals, driven by the convergence of three powerful forces: the end of the dollar hegemony era, the deglobalization of supply chains, and the exponential growth of AI and defense technology that depends on metals the West does not yet produce.

Gold exploration stocks were priced at 2008 financial crisis levels as recently as early 2026. The GDXJ/GLD ratio remains historically undervalued. The United States faces the prospect of having no domestic nickel mine within years. America currently imports virtually all of its antimony from China. Heavy rare earths (essential for every F-35, every drone, and every advanced permanent magnet) are almost entirely controlled by a single country.

These are not abstract macro arguments. They are specific, identifiable, measurable gaps between what resources are worth and what the market currently prices them at. That gap is exactly where NIA does its best work.

Our current focus areas: The Richard Warke / Augusta Group pipeline (Highlander Silver and beyond); critical minerals for Western defense supply chains (titanium-vanadium, heavy rare earths, antimony, graphite); undervalued gold explorers approaching major permitting milestones; and overlooked technology pick-and-shovel plays serving the AI and defense infrastructure buildout.

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